Sankofa is an Akan word that means, "one must go back to the past in order to know the future." In the movie, Mona, a contemporary model, is possed by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Dungeon, in Ghana. She then travels to the past, where, as a house servant called Shola, she is constantly abused by the slave master. Nunu, and Afrikan-born field hand, and Shango, Shola's West Indian Lover, continuously rebel against the system of slavery. For Nunu, this means direct conflict with her son, a mulatto who benefits from the system as a head slave. Inspired by the determination of Nunu and Shango to defy the system, Shola finally takes her fate into her own hands.Video in color - 1993 - 125 minutes